This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Thursday, 3 August 2017

Yitzhak Shamir on Binyamin Netanyahu & the Hebron Protocol

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Yitzhak Shamir, in an interview with Maariv, in
1997, said, “The fact is he is working against the principles of the Likud. He has no principles at all. I do not see any
principles.” He was protesting the
Hebron Protocol, and referring to Binyamin Netanyahu.

Also known as the Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in
Hebron, it was signed on the 17th January, 1997 by Israel,
represented by its Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestine
Liberation Organization, represented by Yasser Arafat. This was overseen by US Secretary of State, Warren
Christopher.

The Hebron Protocol was the negotiated partial withdrawal
of Israeli military forces from Hebron in accordance with the 1995 Interim
Agreement on the West Bank & the Gaza Strip, better known as Oslo II. Accordingly, about 80% of the area was to
come under Palestinian control, while the remaining would be under Israeli
control. Although the redeployment began
on the 16th January, 1997, the protocol has never been ratified by
either contracting party.